Side-door windshield



prl 14, 1931v C. E. SANDSTROM SIDE DOOR WINDSHIELD Filed sept. so, 1929 Patentes Apr. 14, 193i unirse .srA'rss Leaves@ Parnassia ortica. n

CARL E. sANDsTRoM, or INDIANAroLis, rumana, Assrenon or` oiiEl'rlHrRn 'ro Louis C. WILSON AND ONE-THIRD TO WILLIAM S. EVIL/SCN;

INDIANA sinn-Doon wrrnsI-IIELD The objectof this invention is to provide ,a wind-shield for the side-doors of automoparent shield-body of celluloid to reduce the breakage to a minimum, and the object further is to reenforce the Celluloid with metal Vin a manner to make it suiciently rigid and to further increase its durability.

I accomplish the above, and other objects which will hereinafter appear, by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1, is a side elevation of an automobile side door with my invention assembled thereon in operative position;l and Fig. 2, is a horizontal section on the line n 2 2 of Fig. l, on a vlarger scale.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the two views of the drawing.

The automobile door 3 is of the type commonly used in closed cars and may be a front or rear door, or the only dooron a side,

when the car is of that design. It' has a window opening in its yupper portion defined by vertical members 4 andv 5, each having a groove 6, on` their adjacent sides in which a glass light 7is slidingly mounted, in the usual manner.

A sheet metal facing 8 covers the outside of the door and projects at the vertical edges to cover the crack between the door and its iframe when the door is in closed position. All of the foregoing is of usual and well known construction.

Coming now to my invention, the body 9, of my improved shield is formed of transparent sheet Celluloid, the two vertical edges of which are reentorced by sheet metaly material,.andthrougli the straps lill, lil, body l9 straps 12,1 12, are rivets 158; which r hold the assembly; 'Ehe forward the desired? angle to thedbor at Which the' shield is to stand?, and the extremeerdsi ofi the straps are bent. to. form hooks: le, M; which?n hook around? the.l the metaldoor facingf' y y ToholdA the: shield in'.v thei above position, I provide; straps 1?'5, l5, preferably" offspring steel, which. have ends riveted. tos and' upoiry thefstfraps'12. v

The straps; 15,.v 15,;V are4 bent inwardly ofi the door and.. the?. en'gdsii arefv ycontinued into; close proximity`- to. theY window glass; where? they' aref kboth bent to; make:l their" ezdzensions.1 parallel with thev glass, and; areV inserted ini the adjacentvgroove'f 6 of'. member 42 inf. the; mannericlearly shownin Fig; 2'..

. Threaded. bolts, 16T- pass; through each:l ot

tightening ot theA nut tor-ces the respective:r

spring straps 1:5, againstv the adj ace'nt',v winx;- dow memberl 4.' The; wind' shield; is thus: held in position, 'but with sunicient: resil; i'ency to withstand-f jars andfjolts on; rought roads'withoutl breaking; f

I desired', the top 'and' bottom edgesf of the: celluloidvmay be boundr by the: metal channel strips 10,' butV ordinarily the hori,v zontalstrapslmakerthat unnecessary. l By thus making: the Windl shield of re enforced Celluloidv and: removably securing, it in position, a durable and elicient; auto; mobile accessory,.which can: bef produced irr quantitiesl at. a very low cost, .otl manufact-5 ture,'.isprovided. f s f' I claim: c l Y .LlrAi windi shield? forlk framed motor car doors formed'out ofi sheet. Celluloid, metal binders for one or more of the edges, a plurality of horizontal straps in pairs be tween which the sheet is assembled, rivets through the assembly, the outer straps being extended to contact with the door frame arf and the extensions bent at an angle with the door vat which the shield is to stand and formed with end hooks to engage the outside door facing, mating clamp members secured to the inner straps and extending obliquely therefrom and'formed to engage the door facing on the inside, and a bolt for each clamp.

2. A wind shield for motor car doors having facings, said shield formed out of sheet celluloid, metal binders for the vertical edges, horizontal straps in pairs between which the sheet is assembled, rivets through the assembly the outer ones of which have their forward portions bent at an angle with the door at which the shield is to stand and the adjacent end formed in a hook toY engage the outer door facing, a clamp member riveted at one end to the inside horizontal straps and bent to engagetheinner door facings, and bolts through the shield and inner and outerV straps to clamp the shield to the door with the inner edge of the shield contacting with the door frame.

3. The combination, with an automobile door having a window and a member at the side of the window with a window recess and a metal facing for the window member having a projecting edge on the outer corner of the member, of a shield, one or more straps attached to the outside of the shield and extending beyond the shield against the metal facing and terminating with a hook to engage the projecting edge of the facing, said strap extension being bent at an angle at which the shield is to stand to the door, v

other straps attached to the shield-and engaging in the recess of the window member, and screw means to draw the straps together and clamp the shield to the door.

4. The combination of an automobile door having a window and a member at the side of the window with a recess, a metal facing for the member at the side of the window having afprojecting edge on the outer corner of the member, a shield formed" of Celluloid, metal binders for the 4,vertical edges, straps attached to the outsideof the shield extending beyond the shield `into contact .with the metal facing and terminating with a hook engaging the projecting edgeA of the facing, straps attached to the inside of the shield and engaging the recess of the window member and screw means drawing the inside and outside straps toward each other to clamp the .shield to the door with one of the metal binders in contact with the metal facing of the door. i

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CARL E. SANDSTROM. j 

